Hello Folks,
What exactly happened to Gina?
What happened to Gina, exactly?
Where do adverbs like exactly sound more natural - in the end or mid sentence?
Thanks, folks. See you.
Google "position of adverbs in English".
You might want to start with the following site:
.....dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adverbs-and-adverb-phrases-position
[ replace the initial dots with www]
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In that sentence 'exactly' applies to 'what' (or any other question word), so I always use the word order "What exactly" at the beginning of a question like that. The following are typical and commonly used:
Where exactly did you put it?
When exactly does the show start?
How exactly are you supposed to eat it?
(Why exactly is less often seen.)
Similar patterns include "What really ...?", "What precisely ...?", "What actually ...?"
CJ